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Breviphillipsia sampsoni

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia sampsoni was named by Vogdes (1888). Its type specimen is U.C. 6944 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Breviphillipsia sampsoni by Hessler (1963) and Brezinski (1988).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Phillipsia serraticaudata Herrick p. 53 figs. pl. 1 f. 8a-d
1888Phillipsia sampsoni Vogdes p. 247
1888Griffithides sedaliensis Vogdes p. 249
1894Phillipsia sedaliensis Keyes p. 235
1963Breviphillipsia sampsoni Hessler pp. 556 - 557 figs. P1. 61, figs. 13,15-17,19-23,27,28; P1. 62, fig. 1,18
1988Breviphillipsia sampsoni Brezinski p. 938 figs. 2.16, 2.25, 2.33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusBreviphillipsiaHessler 1963
speciessampsoni(Vogdes 1888)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Breviphillipsia sampsoni Vogdes 1888
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Invalid names: Breviphillipsia sedaliensis Vogdes 1888 [synonym], Breviphillipsia serraticaudata Herrick 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.90000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) Breviphillipsia sampsoni (7389 7390 7391)